Mazda Motor Corp (MZA.SG)
- Associated Press Finance
Toyota apologizes for cheating on vehicle testing and halts production of three models
Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda apologized Monday for massive cheating on certification tests for seven vehicle models as the automaker suspended production of three of them. The wide-ranging fraudulent testing at Japan’s top automaker involved the use of inadequate or outdated data in collision tests, and incorrect testing of airbag inflation and rear-seat damage in crashes.
- Reuters
Japan auto safety scandal widens, Toyota halts some shipments
TOKYO (Reuters) -A safety test scandal at Japanese automakers widened on Monday, with Toyota Motor and Mazda both halting shipments of some vehicles after Japan's transport ministry found irregularities in applications to certify certain models. The irregularities were also found in applications from Honda, Suzuki and Yamaha Motor, the ministry said. The automakers were found to have submitted incorrect or manipulated safety test data when they applied for certification of the vehicles.
- The Telegraph
Toyota shuns electric cars with new generation of combustion engines
Toyota is to develop a new generation of petrol-fuelled internal combustion engines, in the carmaker’s latest bet against electric vehicles.
